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is to say, when the weight of the fore part of the body rests only 
upon one leg, it bears too much upon the inner quarter, from its 
being lower than the outer quarter ; and thus the horse has a 
tendency to fall over to the inside of the supporting leg. 
To prevent this, the moving foot is thrown farther from the 
supporting leg, in order to maintain the balance, and thus the 
foot misses the fetlock joint. 
EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRICITY OF THE 
BLOOD IN ANIMALS IN A HEALTHY AND UN- 
HEALTHY STATE. 
By F. Bellingen. 
The following are the conclusions which this celebrated phy- 
siologist drew from a great number of experiments. The dis- 
coveries of modern chemistry would, perhaps, have dictated a 
little change of phraseology in some parts, but we have not dared 
to attempt it. 
1 . Venous blood in oxen, sheep, and the greater number of birds, 
preserves, under almost every circumstance which accompanies 
health, a degree of electricity equal if not superior to that which 
is proper to iron. 
2. In the same species of animals, age diminishes to a small 
degree the electricity of venous blood . 
3 . The different seasons of the year, and different conditions 
of the atmospheric air, have little influence on the electricity of 
the blood. 
4. Venous blood in a healthy state seems to preserve the same 
degree of electricity at all times ; but that of urine, bile, and per- 
spiration is frequently changed. 
5. Under inflammatory disease the electricity of venous blood 
is sensibly diminished. 
6. The venous blood of horses does not contain so much elec- 
tricity as that of calves, oxen, lambs, and birds. It nearly 
resembles the electricity of antimony. 
7. The electricity of venous blood is generally superior, some- 
times equal, but never inferior to that of arterial blood. 
8. Arterial blood is frequently a bad conductor of electricity. 
9. Venous and arterial blood, in a healthy state, preserves the 
same quantity of electricity that it possessed when it flowed 
from the vessel, even after a separation has taken place between 
its constituent parts. 
10. The electricity of venous blood is equal to that of water 
or air, even after it has separated into its constituent parts. 
